But only theoretically The prosecutor's office should be the country's main supervisory body in the field of human rights and should not depend on any branch of government. This was stated yesterday by Deputy Prosecutor General Sabir Kekhlerov during a lecture in the State Duma in connection with the 20th anniversary of the Constitution. Experts in the field of constitutional law believe that the prosecutor's office should primarily oversee compliance with the law in law enforcement agencies.

Pope Francis on April 13 established a group of eight cardinals to carry out reforms and advise on the governance of the Catholic Church, Interfax quoted a statement published by the Vatican. In particular, the cardinals will edit the provisions of the apostolic constitution of the Roman Curia. The eight cardinals included two Europeans (Italy and Germany), two Latin Americans (Chile and Honduras), one American, one Asian (India), one African, and one Australian.

The Iranian military announced the successful testing of three new missiles of its own production, the Iranian Farc agency reports. "Three types of missiles developed by the country's army and defense industry were successfully tested in the latest ground forces exercise," said Iranian Army Lieutenant General Kiumars Heydari. The general did not specify the characteristics of the new missiles, but noted that we are talking about surface-to-surface missiles, which have not been tested before.

Strategic submarine missile carriers of the improved Project 955A (code “Borey-A”) will carry 16 Bulava intercontinental ballistic missiles, a source in the Russian defense industry told Interfax on April 13. “A few days ago, at the state level, a final decision was made that all five strategic missile submarines of the improved Project 955A will be armed with 16 Bulava ballistic missiles, like their three predecessors - the missile carriers of the basic Project 955,” the source said agencies.

Russian companies began to announce real losses on the island The Central Bank of Cyprus has officially announced the operating hours of the country's banking system for the next week. Capital restrictions affecting the operational work of Russian companies have been de facto lifted - Cyprus allows legal entities to freely pay €300 thousand per day outside the country, which practically eliminates problems with the island’s settlement system.

Today marks the 59th birthday of the head of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Taimuraz Mamsurov. Previous photo On April 14, the head of Public Television, Anatoly Lysenko, will turn 76 years old. Photo: Kommersant / Stas Vladimirov / buy photo On April 14, General Director of Sheremetyevo Airport Mikhail Vasilenko will turn 53 years old.

The court returned the advance payment paid to him for a controlling stake in the Adygea hydroelectric station The arbitration court terminated the purchase and sale agreement for a 50.1% stake in Adygea HPP OJSC, concluded between the company's main shareholder Igor Stravinsky and the owner of Permtransgazstroy Viktor Emelyanov. Mr. Emelyanov was going to purchase shares for 620 million rubles. back in 2010 and paid more than 300 million rubles.

CSKA and Dynamo tied 0:0 Russian Football Championship The 24th round of the Russian Championship started yesterday. In its central match, the leader of the season CSKA and its most inconvenient opponent, Dynamo, came together. The game, which was not replete with scoring chances, ended in a goalless draw, which hardly upset the army team, who extended their unbeaten streak. The seed for the next round of the Russian championship was just right.

There were more than a hundred passengers on board The Boeing 737, which was carrying more than a hundred passengers, skidded off the runway when landing in Bali and fell into the sea. All people are alive, the victims were taken to hospitals. The causes of the accident have not yet been announced.

A headquarters to prevent the H7N9 bird flu epidemic has opened in Beijing, where the first human case of the disease was recorded, the official microblog of the city's health department reported on April 13. Previously, the diagnosis of bird flu was confirmed in a seven-year-old girl. She was admitted to a Beijing hospital and is in stable condition. The girl's parents, who sold live poultry, are under medical supervision.

Characters 2K 1 min. ... Bogatyrev Lecha. Chechen policeman wanted for the murder in Vienna of the ex-guard of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. Dukuzov Kazbek. A Chechen suspected of murdering the editor-in-chief of the Russian version of Forbes magazine, Paul Klebnikov. Droganov Alexey. Employee of the Department for Combating Tax Crimes of the Moscow City Internal Affairs Directorate. Member of the investigative team in the Magnitsky case. Karpov Pavel.

Saratov industry is growing thanks to the fuel and energy complex The region's industrial production index for the first quarter of 2013 was 104.6% compared to the same period last year. According to the press service of the regional Ministry of Industry and Energy, large and medium-sized enterprises developed most dynamically. Growth in this sector compared to the previous quarter was noted at 109.2% - only small businesses spoiled the statistics.

Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Rogozin instructed the management of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) to bring its participation in all core enterprises to controlling stakes and stated that it is necessary to get away from “murky, cross-ownership schemes,” RIA Novosti reports. “Everything must be subordinated to the direct will of the state. The state must be able to directly control the shares in these joint stock companies.

The US will apply sanctions to only 18 Russian officials US authorities last night published a list of 18 Russian citizens who were sanctioned for their involvement in human rights abuses. The US Congress wanted this list to be 15 times longer. President Barack Obama is making it clear that he does not want confrontation with Moscow.

Visitors and employees of a shopping center in southwest Moscow were evacuated on the evening of April 13 due to reports of an explosive device, RIA Novosti reports, citing a source in the capital’s law enforcement agencies. The press service of the capital's Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs previously reported that on the evening of April 13, the police received a message from an unknown person about an explosion threat in the building of the Yasenevo shopping center.